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Hospitals must overcome these challenges to transition from fee for service to value-based care
Executives must address redundant services, lengthy claims processing and reimbursement cycles, among others.
Office of Inspector General to HHS: Make former Secretary Tom Price pay back $341,000 in travel costs
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price did not comply with federal regulations for chartered aircraft and other government travel, OIG says.
Hospitals vs. outpatient clinics: Who causes more unplanned patient readmissions?
New research found that the length of time after which a patient returns to the hospital reveals a lot about where things went wrong and highlights the need for hospitals and clinics to work together.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge to combat crisis
Operation S.O.S. was inspired by prosecution efforts in Manatee County, Florida, which realized a 77 percent drop in overdose deaths.
Medicare Advantage outperforms traditional Medicare for chronically ill, report shows
The program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.
Bright Health’s integrated payer provider model sees triple growth
The insurer is expanding its narrow network into new markets by 2019, CEO Bob Sheey says.
Healthcare venture capital set to break $15 billion in 2018
The sector just finished the highest first half of any year since 1995.
HHS reunites 57 of 103 migrant children in its custody
Twelve parents declined to take their children – ages 5 and under – with them when they were deported, officials say.
Massachusetts attorney general raises concerns over Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey mega-merger
AG Maura Healey wrote a letter to the state Health Policy Commission citing price, care access, competition concerns.
Doctors say pharmaceutical firms are top cause of high medical costs
A full 87 percent of those surveyed listed pharmaceutical and biotech companies as having the biggest impact on the cost of healthcare.
